Hmmm. I can’t deny some trolliness, but by that statement, we should all be back in Africa. Or maybe just the warlike insensitive cultures should be contained.

I would dig the skateboard chassis for hauling lumber, plywood, etc., assuming it could drive sans-pod.

I only eat meat as excuse to be horrifically cruel to animals. So suck it, healthy vegan.

I miss my 2011 TDI Touareg, but they’d have to be selling them bluebook for me to even think about buying another.

I am surprised there isn’t much talk about the criminal potential for autonomous vehicles. I mean, I guess armored cars will still have armed guards, but a vehicle that can be tricked into stopping from weird painting or debris in the road? Or even carjacking style robbery where the AI is spoofed into stopping, heck,…

Building a light duty sized pickup that has the towing capacity of one of the larger trucks due to those sweet electric motors would be a no brainer, too. A rabbit sized pickup that can outpull an F-250 is well within Tesla’s ability.

Am I the only one who thinks good relations with Russia is worthwhile, considering they still have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world? Hillary lost because her politics don’t appeal to whitebread middle America, if she could have found a way to appeal to Wisconsin etc, she would have won and we could have the…

20k for viral advertising? They are making out like bandits if the offer is taken, moreso if it isn’t. I almost kinda feel bad for them not picking up the transmission issues on the Golf I sold them.

Deorbiting one of those big buggers would certainly put a big dent in global warming.

Hehe, “democrats are pussies” hits the nail on the head. The party of people who want to “aid the poor” are also the party who want to “ban guns”.

The Deutz air cooled diesel to F-250 truck is an amazing thing!

Make Westeros great again?

Fundamentalist beliefs of any flavor preclude people from making rational decisions. I will just add that the preconceived belief that climate change will be a horrific apocalypse interferes with people making rational choices, as well.

Used my Diesel Touareg scandal money in part to buy an 82 Westy for my 17 year old son. After driving it a bit, I want to keep it for myself. Great article.

Someone needs to open source the designs for old vehicles like this. Would be fun projects for the mechanically bent.

They looked at us weird at the dealership when we told them we were offroading with our T-reg. Is it such a foreign concept that a multiyear Dakar Rally winner is really useful for going over bumpy places? Oh, yeah, and moved our entire household with the T-reg and a trailer, about 6 trips, it IS really good at towing.

Going to miss my 2011 Reg, need to take the buyout, but this may be a great option.

What’s the comparison of the diameter of Mr. Musk’s Boring Machine versus Mr. Musk’s Mars Rocket? Just saying, boring machines need testing, might as well get a factory to mansion tunnel out of the deal.

Outright ban of a useful tool seems irrational. I feel bad for the patient, but even 1% risk is tiny in regards to surgery. Especially with no guarantee that conventional surgery would get all the cancer. Maybe more biopsy and informed consent prior to use?

I doubt they will be receiving the level of maintenance required...